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  • Taiwan Delegation Visits Ormonde OWF During Offshore Wind Fact Finding Mission

    15 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    ODE, Northland Power and Yushan Energy jointly hosted a delegation of Civic Leaders and industrialists from Taiwan during their recent offshore wind fact finding mission to the UK.

  • CWind CTVs Complete Blade Maintenance Work at Three UK Offshore Wind Farms

    8 December 2016

    CWind informed today that it recently provided two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to support Siemens blade maintenance campaigns at Lynn, Inner Dowsing and Rhyl Flats offshore wind farms. CWind fitted a purpose-built frame to their MPC19 CTV vessels for the blade maintenance work. Lee Andrews, Managing Director at CWind, said: “Finding safe and efficient solutions […]

  • Offshore wind energy may soon find its way to the Upper Peninsula (USA)

    10 May 2010
    Authorities & Government

    In a recent meeting of the Great Lakes Wind (GLOW) Council in Escanaba, both the possible benefits and drawbacks of offshore wind farms were discussed by local residents and council members.

  • ZTT wins submarine cable contract for 1 GW Chinese offshore wind farm

    9 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Yangjiang Fanshi II offshore wind project in China. As part of this initiative, ZTTSC will deploy a 500 kV three-core AC submarine cable system, stretching 92 kilometers to transmit 1,000 MW of renewable power from the offshore […]

  • Offshore wind firm expands with acquisition of ‘highly complementary’ subsea company

    22 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    Offshore wind services company Venterra Group has acquired Oceanscan Holdings Limited, a group of companies that provide subsea and non-destructive test equipment, geotechnical services and specialist personnel to the offshore energy market. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Aberdeen with overseas subsidiaries in Houston and Singapore, Oceanscan is said to be “highly complementary” to Venterra’s […]

  • Spain’s Shipbuilders to Build Specialised Vessels for Offshore Wind Farm Sector

    31 October 2011

    Spain’s shipyards, which provide direct and indirect employment for 20,000 workers, have been hard hit by the recession…  (euroweeklynews) [mappress] Source: euroweeklynews, October 31, 2011;

  • Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm generates first power

    29 April 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm has delivered first power to the Dutch grid. According to the Danish company, the first Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbine began producing electricity on 28 April. “This is a big milestone for Borssele 1 & 2. Ørsted is doing its utmost to allow the construction of the […]

  • All turbines standing at Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm

    2 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    DEME Offshore has completed the installation of the 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger were in charge of the installation at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. The first turbine was […]

  • DONG Orders Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    6 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply and maintenance of 94 8MW turbines at the 752MW Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms being developed in Dutch waters.

  • Anbaric Transmission Comments German Offshore Wind Farms Grid Connection

    4 October 2012
    Storage

    Anbaric Transmission has been monitoring the recent German draft legislation about connecting offshore wind parks to the onshore grid and has offered its views about how to finance the offshore grid connections at the lowest possible cost to the German public. However, contrary to recent press reports, Anbaric has no intention of buying TenneT or […]

  • Offshore wind gets first guidance for UXO and boulders geophysical surveying

    8 April 2020
    Rules & Regulation

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has published guidance for the geophysical surveying for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and boulders.

  • UK: Exercise Simulated Vessel Capsizing on Walney Offshore Wind Farms

    21 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Safety is a major priority on the Walney Offshore Windfarms, and in order to train the safety procedures, a number of exercises have been held. During the latest exercise, the scenario was capsizing of a large vessel resulting in 31 ‘staff’ members overboard to be rescued and given first aid on the participating crew boats. […]

  • Archer Knight adds offshore wind to its market intelligence platform

    11 August 2020
    Business & Finance, IT & Software, Market Outlooks, Transition

    Archer Knight has expanded its software-as-a-service market intelligence platform to include offshore wind developments as well as subsea oil & gas. The Aberdeen-based subsea market intelligence and consultancy firm, formed by Mike Watson & David Sheret, launched Flowline this year. The platform gives companies from the subsea supply chain greater insight into where they can […]

  • The Netherlands: ATO & We@Sea to Host Conference on Offshore Wind Development

    4 December 2012

    We@Sea and ATO are organizing the offshore wind conference for the third time and it will be held at the Holiday Inn in IJmuiden on Thursday 6th December 2012. Since the last Dutch conference in 2010, there are many new facts: A new government Need for cost cutting (40% ??) New regulations developments (i.e. streamlining […]

  • Technip Begins Cable Work on Borkum Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Technip Offshore Wind has started offshore operations on an array cable installation contract for phase 1 of the Borkum Wind Farm development, located 45 kilometers to the North of the German island of Borkum, in the North Sea. This project, awarded by Trianel, is Technip’s first offshore wind, array cable installation project offshore Germany. The […]

  • Germany: EWE Completes Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Foundations Installation

    7 September 2012

    All 30 foundations for the Riffgat offshore wind farm, planned in collaboration by EWE and Enova, are now installed in the North Sea. Work on the foundation structures came just in time scheduled for completion. The construction area off the coast of Borkum is thus prepared for the arrival of the actual wind turbines in […]

  • France: EDF Seeks Contactor for Offshore Wind Geotechnical and Geophysical Survey

    23 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    EDF EN France is inviting tenders for offshore wind-geotechnical and geophysical survey – Vendée which will include preparation works and studies for a proposed offshore wind energy site. The purpose of this tender is to carry out an offshore geotechnical service which will consist of shallow penetration (typically 5 m) tests and samplings (cone penetration […]

  • Germany: E.ON Lays Groundwork for Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

    29 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In April 2013 E.ON started preparations for constructing the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. So-called scour protection is currently being installed north-west of Helgoland. This comprises two layers of special sand bags on the seabed to prevent the sea current from washing away the sand around the foundations of the wind turbines, thus ensuring turbine […]

  • RWE Completes Foundations Installation at Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    All foundations of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm have been successfully installed some 35 kilometers north of the island of Heligoland. A total of 48 jacket foundations were installed for the wind turbines and one for the substation in water up to 25 metres deep. Each of the foundations for the wind turbines is […]

  • Subsea Cabling Works to Begin at Four UK’s Offshore Wind Farms

    11 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea works on the inter array and export cables at locations of four UK’s offshore wind farms are about to commence. Divers from the Dive Support Vessels ‘HBC SUPPORTER’ and ‘TERRAMARE 1’ will carry out construction works on subsea cables inside the perimeter of the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. The works will […]

  • New Concrete Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations to Be Installed in English Channel

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    In a few months, the first of a new generation of concrete foundations will be installed for the first time in the English Channel. Optimised production methods and easy installation concept opens up the possibility of major deepwater offshore wind turbine parks. There was applause all round when the base plate for the prototype for […]

  • Conservation Coalition Urges Obama Administration to Advance Offshore Wind Power

    12 December 2013
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    With critical federal tax incentives set to expire on December 31, more than 230 faith, conservation, and public health organizations; small businesses; and elected officials joined Environment America, the National Wildlife Federation, Conservation Law Foundation, and Southern Environmental Law Center Wednesday in a letter supporting swift, bold action by the Obama administration to facilitate the […]

  • Gamesa and BARD sign MoU regarding collaboration in the offshore wind market

    22 February 2010
    Technology

    GAMESA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BARD Holding GmbH for joint development and marketing of offshore wind turbines…   Source: gamesacorp, February 18, 2010;

  • Germany: GE’s Gearless 4MW Offshore Wind Turbine Challenges Siemens

    22 April 2010
    Research & Development, Technology

    General Electric Co., the world’s second-biggest maker of wind turbines, plans to introduce a 4 megawatt gearless wind turbine for offshore…   [mappress] Source: businessweek, April 22, 2010;

  • The Netherlands: Pontis Director One of Expert Trainers at Masterclass Offshore Wind

    11 March 2013

    Pontis director Dirk Jan Kootstra is one of the expert trainers during the 3-day Masterclass offshore wind, organized by the Northern Netherlands Offshore Wind network (NNOW). The master class is designed for SMEs seeking to improve their knowledge and practical insight of the offshore wind supply chain. Dirk Jan shared his expert vision on (offshore) […]